On Mon, 10 May 1999, Roger Espel Llima wrote:

> $ ./mintest 0 1000
> tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 1000
> tv_sec = 20936492, tv_usec = 650000
> $ ./mintest 1 0
> tv_sec = 1, tv_usec = 0
> tv_sec = 20936484, tv_usec = 550000
> $ ./mintest 2 0
> tv_sec = 2, tv_usec = 0
> ^C
> tv_sec = 1, tv_usec = 570000

tahallah[alex]:/home/alex/src/Linux/timeout > uname -a
Linux tahallah 2.2.7 #20 SMP Thu Apr 29 21:26:02 BST 1999 i686
tahallah[alex]:/home/alex/src/Linux/timeout > timeout 0 1000
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 1000
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0
tahallah[alex]:/home/alex/src/Linux/timeout > timeout 0 10000
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 10000
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0
tahallah[alex]:/home/alex/src/Linux/timeout > timeout 1 0
tv_sec = 1, tv_usec = 0
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0
tahallah[alex]:/home/alex/src/Linux/timeout > timeout 2 0
tv_sec = 2, tv_usec = 0
tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0

Seems to behave differently in 2.2.x kernels. 

Cheers, 
Alex 
--  
"A mind opened by new ideas can never return to its original limits"

http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk


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